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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lane Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Brough Lane Head 1788 ib
  • the Lane 1771 Hothf

Etymology

, 1779 PR , Brough Lane Head 1788 ib, named from the Lane 1771Hothf , v. lane , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name